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October 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
From 2006 to 2010, Common Ground, helped 31 state and local public health agencies improve their information systems and their system performance in order to meet the challenges of bio terrorism, potential pandemics, and chronic disease.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Children's Hospital Corporation (Massachusetts) worked with public health partners to improve data sharing and communication between state and local health departments by analyzing and redesigning a web-based bioterrorism preparedness system.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Geraldine Johnson, MS, used Common Ground business-process analysis tools to provide quality improvement training to local, regional, and state health department staff in New York.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As director of public health informatics and chief epidemiologist in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Lawrence Hanrahan helped integrate chronic disease information systems and improve chronic disease surveillance.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As Health Commissioner in Mahoning County Ohio, Matt Stefanak first used a Common Ground grant to redesign the environmental health permitting process, and then applied the methodology to other public health challenges.
October 30, 2012 | Story
Spokane Regional Health District (Washington) worked with community partners to identify business-process requirements for an interconnected alert system for the state. It also built business-process analysis into agency-wide quality improvement.
October 30, 2012 | Story
As executive director of Kane County (Illinois) Health Department, Paul Kuehnert worked with the Office of Emergency Management and Animal Control authority to redesign communications related to heat emergencies and more.
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decisions regarding resource allocation and funding challenges in regional health departments in Nebraska are made based on the needs of the community, not by calculations or population size, and are dependent on resources received from the state. T ...
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
State public health agencies are taking on more responsibilities compared to 2001, even without more funding support.
May 12, 2011 | Program Result Report
RWJF's investments in public health services and systems research aim to document the organization, financing, performance and impact of public health departments with the goal of improving public health services and thus the health of the public.